Poultry perch



Oct. 2, 1923. 1,469,441

J. MANCHESTER POULTRY PERCH Filed Oct. 28, 1922 WITNESSES u INVENTOR(10/129 .M (1.120 hes lief;

fuairse I sta rs-s AT N g m- Patented Get. 2, 1923.

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JOHN IvIANGHESTER, OF'NQRTH LOUP,- NEBRASKA.

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Application filed October as, 1922'; serial no. 597,579.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be. it known that I, Joni: MANcHns'rnn, a citizen of the United States,and a resident oi North lioup, in the county of Valley and State ofNebraska, have invented certain neu and Perches.

ot which the following is a specification.

This irn'ention'relates to poultry perches and has for its object theprovision of a dc vice adapted to contain a 1I16CllCLl8Cl;SOll1 tionwhich will saturate the perch to pre vent mites and other Vermin frominitesting and propagating on the perch. I

Other objects and objects relating tode-.

tails in construction will hereinafter appear. f

upper face of the bar and extending from.

end to end of the bar. Thebar isalso provided with a longitudinalchannel 3 cut into the body of the bar and below thegroove-Q, with thechannel extending longitudinally of the bar and terminating adjacentthe-op posite ends thereof; The ends of the channel are curved upwardlyasat 41- toward'tne upper faceot' the bar and leading into thelongitudinal, groove and likewise curved outwardly toward the ends ofsaid bar. I

The longitudinal groove 2 extends from end to end of the bar so that thelease portions 5. of the groove adjacent the ends 6 form seats for theends of the cover V lhe groove 2 and channe 3 cooperate to formshoulders 8 running longitudinally upon opposite sides of the channeland forming a seat for the lonig'itiulinal edges ot' the cover 7; Thecover 7 is adaptedtosnugly fit between the longitudinal sides of thechannel when seated'on the shoulders 5 and 8 of the bar 1, the coverbeing frictionuseful In'iprovenients in Poultry.

. preventmites i: Figure l is a transverse section of the ally'retainedj'on its seat thesioles of the groove 2. Adj acent. one endofthe cover 7 is formed a perforation 9 which is adapted to receive a cork'10.- The perforation 9 isadapted to provide an opening for the ad"mission of sonic form of medicated solution which is adapted tosaturatethe wood. and or other vermin-from infest ing the perch v It'will be noted that the channel is sealed sufiiciently by the cover landthe cooperatingsi'des of the grooveQ to prevent any dirtfroin workingits way into the chan-- nel 3; By reason of this closure of the channel3 said channel is always maintained clean and therefore it will beunnecessary at any I time to remove the perches to clean the interioro'fthe same;

Since the cover 7 is "frictionally retained between the side wallsot'the groove. 2 it will be only necessary to raise the cover whendesiring to remove the same. If the Cover Were slida-bl-y mounted inundercut grooves over the channel 3 1t would be necessary to remove the'perch'entlrely or have openings provided in the side of the chicken'W'hat I claim is: I I A poultry perch comprising a bar pro-- vided witha groove cut'intothe upper face coop to slide the cover through thesame. 1

of the bar and extending from end to end of said bar, said har'having achannel cut into the body of the' bar and helowathe groove said channelextending longitudh,

nally of the bar and terminating adjacent theopposite emlsthereof, withthe ends of the channel curved upwardly I toward the groove andoutwardly toward the end of the bar, the groove andchannel cooperatingto lorni shoulders on opposite sides of the channel and below the upperface of the bar,

an elongated cover adapted to be snugly fitted within the groove andseat upon the shoulders and the opposite grooved ends of the bar forclosing thechannel, said cover being trictionailly engaged bytthesideslof the. groove and provided with a perforation at one'end formingan openigt'ortilling the channel with a disinfectant and a corkromovahly niounted in the perforation for sealing the contents oftheatmosphere.

' Jenn iv an onnsrns;

channel from the

